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Isn't the point is a missile to destroy itself? (By crashing into the target or detonating very close?)

It is a bit more than that. SpaceX has very much broken into the market now. They launch more rockets and cargo than anybody. They are also a massive company now. The difference is SpaceX is actually devoted to advancing space technology, not just using space as a way to make money from the...

No one has done it before so I'd say it's pretty groundbreaking.

From what I understand, this type of recovery allows them to reduce the weight of the rocket because it won't need "landing gear" as it will instead land at this special docking facility. I believe this is the lower half of the rocket that will come back to Earth while the second half goes into...

So this was in the instructions of a product my mom bought:

Can there be a balance? Like say it's been days and no authorities in any real capacity have shown up. So a private pilot with a small helicopter figures, "Well, can't help to go looking and see if anyone needs help," so they start flying around (I would assume they'd make sure the airspace is...

That actually looks like a computer generated smile, although a bad one.

Local officials can be some of the most comically/absurdly tyrannical when it comes to people infringing on their "turf." Reminds me of the one community where there was this beat-up old set of stairs that were not safe. So a local guy repaired them or built new ones (I forget). Local officials...

Yes, that is true. He made his money selling books and courses on how to make money. He and the other guy you mention also "co-wrote" a book together:)

Curious, but were they considered underpowered for the time? I've read the UH-1s were considered a major step-up power-wise when they first debuted, being among the first helicopters to use a gas turbine engine. But Vietnam showed them still to not be powerful enough or protected enough, leading...

Certain of his books make some excellent points. And his first book did a good job of emphasizing the need for financial education among people. BUT, there is also a lot of crap in them as well. For example, the original book could have been condensed into an essay basically, not a whole book. I...

Not at the moment, no. I don't think he is afraid of such happening any time soon. But long-term, he doesn't want any Western powers right on Russia's border that can be avoided and especially not Ukraine. IMO it is both military and cultural. Remember a leader not padding the ego of a foreign...

Creating deesacalatory negotiations and treaties with Russia is different than ever getting the Russians to trust the West. Note your last statement, how when dealing with the Russians you always have to have the threat of superior force on your side. Well the Russians think the same. After they...

NATO didn't really start any serious force build up until Putin invaded Crimea in 2014, and that was after he invaded Georgia in 2008. That will never happen. The Russian mindset has been imperialistic going back before the Soviet Union but then with WWII, the extreme brutality of the German...

Former Soviet nations wanting to join NATO is Russia's fault because of how oppressively Russia treated those nations during Soviet times. Afterwards, those countries wanted nothing to do with Russia and a security guarantee because they knew as soon as they could, the Russians would start...

Do you think I could be a bot?🤖 For one, because she has been posting since before artificial intelligence was advanced enough to create bots that could post in the way she does (and I still don't think they are advanced enough yet). I've also conversed with her, and if she is a bot, she's the...

I think you misunderstood my post. When I said she said the Ukrainian media and people are skeptical of Zelensky and all of their poliicians, I didn't mean she is saying the Ukrainian people think Zelensky is bad or are anti-Zelensky, but rather that no particular politician or political party...

I also do think the MAGAs would support coming to Taiwan's aid even if they dont care about Taiwan itself because Taiwan is the global center of computer chip manufacturing, and so China controlling that would be too dangerous to allow.

The United States is one of the world's largest manufacturers as is.. Yes we had a lot of manufacturing go to China and other countries, but we still manufacture a HUGE amount of stuff right here. Most of it is higher-margin, industrial componentry, all manner of things essential to the...

Not necessarily. Her having family there, having lived there (born and raised there and during the latter stages of the Soviet Union), gone to university there, and speaking the language and following the media there gives her insight that most Americans don't have. Also I am talking about her...

There is a blog of a Ukrainian woman I occasionally follow (she lives in the U.S. but immigrated from Ukraine and has family there). She said the Ukrainian people and media are very skeptical of Zelensky and all of their politicians, that you don't have a setup with left-wing media that is very...

I don't know. MAGAs don't per se have a beef with Taiwan, whereas they have had a beef about Ukraine going back to Trump's administration as they view the Ukrainians as having gotten Trump into trouble and as being corrupt.

The MAGA movement I do not believe is against countering China. They argue China is the threat we need to be addressing. They are against Ukraine however. Also prevalent is the (IMO wrong) view that Russia is not really a threat and that if anything, it was the "expansion" of NATO that caused...

I see you like to Hawk your experience, that was one heli of a post.

Hezbollah's leaders are not political leaders in the normal sense, they are terrorists. And if killing such "degrades one's legitimacy," not really sure what to say there. So apparently one is to just let them continue to attack and not do anything destructive to them lest it make them even more...

I've read three things that it is believed helped trigger China's military buildup were the Gulf War, the 1996 embarrassment when the U.S. sent in aircraft carriers over China's trying to intimidate Taiwan, and then the Iraq War and toppling of Saddam's regime.

You own cannon? Must be a big safe! :)

Hezbollah is the one who escalated against Israel by massively increasing their rocket attacks after Hamas attacked. They have forced a massive evacuation in parts of Northern Israel. Israel responded by killing a bunch of their leaders. I do not for the life of me understand this view that such...

What is it about how it is designed to operate that makes the Army more by-the-book vs the others?

So the problem is one needs some advanced engineering knowledge to really understand helicopter aerodynamics and most of the Army IPs don't have it...? Do the IPs of the Navy/Marine Corps/Air Force have it or is this an Army thing?

Curious, but why do the Army IPs (I am guessing that's Instructor Pilots) not know what they're teaching? I mean the Army flies loads of helicopters...?

Guess it was a  substandard design.

It has also been confirmed that their first model of a new nuclear submarine design sank in port over the spring.

Why was the wing commander blamed for that?

This reminds me of a guy on an exotic car forum I used to attend who purchased a really high-end sports car. He said in the owner's manual, page 1 congratulates you on owning the best track car in the world and page 2 warns taking on track can void the warranty.

Says it still needs avionics and the engines are awaiting overhaul. Also says the ejection seats "will be hot."

I tried Google but nothing came up. Was "GURL" some type of acronym for women in the Navy?

Margaret Hamilton is another big woman in computer science.

Kind of a random point, but I've always found it ironic how in WWII, the German air force was its own separate branch (Luftwaffe) from the army (Heer) yet was basically a tactical air force. They had no real strategic bombers or anything like that. Meanwhile, the U.S. air force was both a...

Rings are probably the best all-around upper body strengthening tool there is. You may "think" you are strong until you try doing stuff on the rings, and then find your chest feels like its going to rip. Which actually can happen, you have to be very careful when beginning on the rings. You can...

For exercise bands, I'd do the basics, like pushups (if no weighted vest), overhead press, rowing, squats, and hamstring curls (if you have a decent spot to anchor them). Look up videos for techniques on how best to use them for these. For example:

Keep doing pushups with that regularly, that is very good for overall basic strength and conditioning. Another tool one can buy that are easy to store but allow for lots of exercises is a set of exercise bands.

Is it a Marine helo or a Navy helo and are the pilots a Marine and a Navy pilot?:)

Regarding the difficulty of maintaining fitness while working long hours, what about a simple ten minute routine: Do 20 pushups Do 20 bodyweight squats Do 10 more pushups Do 10 or 20 more squats Keep doing until ten minutes have elapsed. Then the next day, if you have the equipment and...

Football is boring.

I did a search before posting and nothing came up, however I don't think I have access to that forum.

...and called the network "STINKY:" LINK Aside from the security issue, how could they think they wouldn't get caught!?

The reason I emphasize the economic is because by the American definition of "right" and "left," it generally goes by that. On the far right end of the spectrum, you have your anarcho-capitalism types. They want no central bank, barely any federal government, gold standard, etc...then on the far...

Popular definitions of things like this are meaningless. And no, I have not rewritten the academic definition. Academics who study fascism do not define it with the wording you use. And no, bad things can be right-wing or left-wing. Claiming government involvement in the economy is communism is...

I don't like the extreme right or the extreme left in our politics.